Analysis: What Would Happen If Goundar Stopped Sailing? COVID-19’s impacts on the economy, domestic shipping is taking a significant hit due to the restrictions on passenger travel beyond Viti Levu. by andrew irvin 2021-05-17 A stir was caused this past weekend when Goundar Shipping’s social media account circulated an announcement it would be immediately ceasing its operations around the country . Social media Though on Monday, Goundar Shipping subsequently announced the social media account was hacked, and it has no intention to discontinue its operations in Fiji , the flurry of responses around the ramifications for domestic shipping of Goundar Shipping’s exit from the sector raises a number of questions worth answering in advance of any domestic shipping industry upheaval of similar scale.